Actually, CAIR did “condemn” the killings.
But then there was a local Muslim woman interviewed on our local TV tonight who said she feared for her children now - and that they had worked so hard to escape this stereotyping since 911 and now this - again.
I wanted to say - Ma’am - nobody is going to harm your children. Christians (the majority in this country) normally don’t attack innocent children.
I wanted to say - why don’t you investigate leaving your “religion” in which women are viewed as property or worse.
I wanted to say - oh, but then, your closest male relative would be obligated to kill you....so nevermind.
Sounds like she just hates it when innocent people die because it is so inconvenient for HER to have impertinent westerners looking at her ‘funny’. Yeah...I guess I can see that being shot to death for NOT being muslim is not nearly as bad as having people give you a second glance because you ARE a muslim. /sarcasm off
You mentioned that CAIR condemned the killings so I searched to find their press release because CAIR typically avoids such statements unless they can use it to distance themselves from the assailant (i.e., ‘he wasn’t really a muslim’ or ‘Islam is a religion of peace so...) Sure enough -CAIR’s statement tries to imply that their religion condemns such activity even though Islam advocates the killing of non-believers. Here’s CAIR’s statement:
“We condemn this cowardly attack in the strongest terms possible and ask that the perpetrators be punished to the full extent of the law. No religious or political ideology could ever justify or excuse such wanton and indiscriminate violence. The attack was particularly heinous in that it targeted the all-volunteer army that protects our nation. American Muslims stand with our fellow citizens in offering both prayers for the victims and sincere condolences to the families of those killed or injured.”
This webpage has a selection of different American Islamic organizations and their press releases - of which CAIR was one. http://www.ask.com/bar?q=cair+condemns+hasan&page=1&qsrc=19&dm=all&ab=4&title=American+Muslims+condemn+Maj.+Nidal+Malik+Hasan%27s+Ft.+Hood+shooting+%26amp%3B&u=http%3A%2F%2Famericanmuslimjournal.typepad.com%2Fan_american_muslim_journa%2F2009%2F11%2Famerican-muslims-condemn-ft-hood-shootings-grieve-with-survivors-and-families.html&sg=7utgUyK1DESXaV3s0%2Bv4qs7KwbFivtjkUe%2BcZkCxJ3k%3D&tsp=1257564666727